Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
> The _GNU Manifesto_ and _Information Rules_ between them do a
> bangup job of explaining how all this works. Add in some
> Ronald Coase and a dash of Oliver Williamson, it's a
> weekend's worth of reading.
I found some synopsis of Coase via the first page of Google. Not as
much luck with Williamson. Both look interesting, so thanks.
Before I start the books, did you have something specific in mind?
For example, in the software world, we rely heavily on contentiously
constructed property rights -- and Coase offers a theory relating
property rights to economic efficiency. Do you have a specific
application of Coase's theory in mind regarding Free Software?
-t